Collection of Delinquent Non-Tax Debts by Administrative Wage Garnishment, 22786-22787 [2014-09295]
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258492 inclusive, 258494 through 258512
inclusive, 258514 through 258532 inclusive,
258534 through 258540 inclusive, 258542
through 258555 inclusive, 258557 through
258566 inclusive, 258278, 258541, 258556,
258567 through 258609 inclusive, 258611
through 258628 inclusive, 258630 through
258684 inclusive, 258686 through 258734
inclusive, 258736 through 258788 inclusive,
258795, 258802, 258821, 258825, 258829,
258834, 258840, and 258847; equipped with
a kit numbered 140–1701–1, 140–1702–1,
140–1703–1,140–1703–5, 140–1703–7, or
140–1704–1 that was purchased from Hawker
Beechcraft on or before February 13, 2013.
(2) Beechcraft Corporation (Type
Certificate previously held by Hawker
Beechcraft Corporation; Raytheon Aircraft
Company) Model Hawker 850XP airplanes
having serial numbers 258789 through
258794 inclusive, 258796, 258798 through
258801 inclusive, 258803 through 258819
inclusive, 258822, 258823, 258826 through
258828 inclusive, 258830 through 258833
inclusive, 258835 through 258838 inclusive,
258841, 258844, 258845, 258848, 258852,
258855, 258856, 258858, 258859, 258861,
258872, 258874, 258876, 258891, 258893,
258895, 258900, 258901, 258904, 258907,
258909, 258912, 258915, 258921, 258959,
258961, 258963, 258977, 258980, 258982,
and subsequent serial numbers; equipped
with a kit numbered 140–1701–1, 140–1702–
1, 140–1703–1, 140–1703–5, 140–1703–7, or
140–1704–1 that was purchased on or before
February 13, 2013.
(3) Beechcraft Corporation (Type
Certificate previously held by Hawker
Beechcraft Corporation; Raytheon Aircraft
Company) Model Hawker 900XP airplanes,
having serial numbers HA–0156 and HA–
0159.
(h) Definition
For the purposes of this AD, a general
visual inspection is a visual examination of
an interior or exterior area, installation, or
assembly to detect obvious damage, failure,
or irregularity. This level of inspection is
made from within touching distance unless
otherwise specified. A mirror may be
necessary to ensure visual access to all
surfaces in the inspection area. This level of
inspection is made under normally available
lighting conditions such as daylight, hangar
lighting, flashlight, or droplight and may
require removal or opening of access panels
or doors. Stands, ladders, or platforms may
be required to gain proximity to the area
being checked.
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(i) Exception to the Service Information
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(k) Alternative Methods of Compliance
(AMOCs)
(1) The Manager, Wichita Aircraft
Certification Office (ACO), FAA, has the
authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if
requested using the procedures found in 14
CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19,
send your request to your principal inspector
or local Flight Standards District Office, as
appropriate. If sending information directly
to the manager of the ACO, send it to the
attention of the person identified in the
Related Information section of this AD.
(2) Before using any approved AMOC,
notify your appropriate principal inspector,
or lacking a principal inspector, the manager
of the local flight standards district office/
certificate holding district office.
(l) Related Information
(1) For more information about this AD,
contact Jeffrey Englert, Aerospace Engineer,
Mechanical Systems and Propulsion Branch,
ACE–116W, FAA, Wichita Aircraft
Certification Office, 1801 Airport Road,
Room 100, Mid-Continent Airport, Wichita,
KS 67209; phone: (316) 946–4167; fax: (316)
946–4107; email: jeffrey.englert@faa.gov.
(2) For service information identified in
this AD, contact Beechcraft Corporation,
TMDC, P.O. Box 85, Wichita, KS 67201–
0085; telephone 316–676–8238; fax 316–671–
2540; email tmdc@beechcraft.com; Internet
https://pubs.beechcraft.com. You may view
this referenced service information at the
FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate, 1601
Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA. For
information on the availability of this
material at the FAA, call 425–227–1221.
Issued in Renton, Washington, on April 17,
2014.
Jeffrey E. Duven,
Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate,
Aircraft Certification Service.
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A note in the Accomplishment Instructions
of the Hawker Beechcraft Mandatory Service
Bulletin SB 57–4112, dated February 2013,
instructs operators to contact Hawker
Beechcraft if any difficulty is encountered in
accomplishing the service information.
However, this AD requires that any deviation
from the instructions provided in Hawker
Beechcraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB
57–4112, dated February 2013, must be
approved as an alternative method of
compliance (AMOC) under the provisions of
paragraph (k) of this AD.
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(j) Parts Installation Limitation
For all airplanes: As of the effective date
of this AD, no kit having kit number 140–
1701–1, 140–1702–1, 140–1703–1, 140–
1703–5, 140–1703–7, or 140–1704–1 that was
purchased before February 13, 2013, may be
installed on any airplane unless the
installation includes sealant on doubler plate
edges, doubler plate rivets, and adjacent skin
in the top and bottom of the left and right
fuel vent surge tanks, as specified in the
Accomplishment Instructions of Hawker
Beechcraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB
57–4112, dated February 2013.
POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 492
Collection of Delinquent Non-Tax
Debts by Administrative Wage
Garnishment
Postal Service.
Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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The United States Postal
Service proposes to add a provision to
its regulations in order to implement the
administrative wage garnishment
(AWG) provisions of the Debt Collection
Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA), and to
allow the Bureau of the Fiscal Service
(BFS) of the United States Treasury to
collect debts owed to the Postal Service,
that the Postal Service refers to BFS for
collection, by AWG.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before June 23, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written
comments to Ruth Stevenson, U.S.
Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW.,
Room 6416, Washington, DC 20260–
1150. You may inspect and photocopy
all written comments at USPS
Headquarters Library, 475 L’Enfant
Plaza SW., 11th Floor North,
Washington, DC, by appointment only
between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday. Call 1–202–
268–2906 in advance for an
appointment. Email comments,
containing the name and address of the
commenter, may be sent to:
awgcomments@ usps.gov. Faxed
comments are not accepted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ruth Stevenson at (202) 268–6724.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: After
providing debtors with the requisite
opportunity for notice and review, the
Postal Service currently may refer nontax delinquent debts to the United
States Treasury Bureau of the Fiscal
Service (BFS), formerly the Financial
Management Service (FMS), for
centralized collection and/or offset.
Among other potential collection tools,
BFS may utilize Administrative Wage
Garnishment (AWG) to collect
delinquent debts referred to it by federal
agencies. AWG allows a federal entity to
enforce collection of a debt by
garnishing wages the debtor receives
from a non-federal (private) employer
after affording the debtor with notice
and certain administrative proceedings,
including the right to a hearing.
Provisions of the DCIA, codified at 31
U.S.C. 3720D, authorize Federal
agencies to collect non-tax debt owed to
the United States by AWG. The
Treasury has also issued an
implementing regulation at 31 CFR
285.11. However, before BFS may
utilize AWG to collect debts that the
Postal Service refers to it, the Postal
Service must first implement
regulations authorizing the collection of
non-tax delinquent debt by AWG. The
Postal Service accordingly proposes to
add new part 492, containing § 492.1, to
title 39 of the Code of Federal
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Regulations in order to authorize
collection of Postal debts by AWG.
The regulation proposed by the Postal
Service provides that the Treasury
regulation, 31 CFR 285.11, shall apply
to AWG proceedings conducted by, or
on behalf of, the Postal Service. Section
285.11 includes procedural protections,
including notice requirements and
hearing procedures, to allow individuals
to contest the existence or amount of the
debt and/or to assert that collection by
garnishment would present an undue
hardship prior to collection by AWG.
BFS will pursue AWG on behalf of the
Postal Service as part of its normal debt
collection process. This includes issuing
notices to debtors and garnishment
orders to employers, as well as
conducting required administrative
hearings on behalf of the Postal Service,
in accordance with the procedures
contained in 31 CFR 285.11.
AWG, which involves the
garnishment of wages a debtor receives
from a private employer, is a separate
procedure from administrative salary
offsets taken from current federal
employees’ salaries (including Postal
employees’ salaries) in order to satisfy a
debt owed to the United States. See 5
U.S.C. 5514; 39 CFR part 961. It is also
a distinct procedure from the
garnishment of current Postal Service
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employee and Postal Service Rate
employee salaries, as detailed in 39 CFR
part 491. Accordingly, the procedures
contained in these provisions are not
affected by this rule. In addition, the
provisions pertaining to administrative
offset contained in 39 CFR part 966 are
not affected by this rule. As noted, the
Postal Service must afford individuals
with notice and an opportunity for
review prior to referring a debt to the
Treasury for collection and/or
administrative offset, in accordance
with ELM 470–480 and/or 39 CFR part
966, if applicable. Treasury may then
determine to pursue collection of the
debt by AWG, after providing the debtor
with any additional process or
procedures required by 31 CFR 285.11.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 492
Administrative practice and
procedure, Claims, Wages.
For the reasons stated in the preamble,
the Postal Service proposes to add 39
CFR part 492 as set forth below:
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PART 492—ADMINISTRATIVE WAGE
GARNISHMENT FROM NON-POSTAL
SOURCES
Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3720D; 39 U.S.C. 204,
401, 2601; 31 CFR 285.11.
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§ 492.1 Collection of delinquent non-tax
debts by administrative wage garnishment.
(a) This section provides procedures
for the Postal Service to collect money
from a debtor’s disposable pay by means
of administrative wage garnishment, in
accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3720D and
31 CFR 285.11, to satisfy delinquent
nontax debt owed to the United States.
(b) The Postal Service authorizes the
United States Treasury Bureau of the
Fiscal Service or its successor entity to
collect debts by administrative wage
garnishment, and conduct
administrative wage garnishment
hearings, on behalf of the Postal Service
in accordance with the requirements of
31 U.S.C. 3720D and the procedures
contained in 31 CFR 285.11.
(c) The Postal Service adopts the
provisions of 31 CFR 285.11 in their
entirety. The provisions of 31 CFR
285.11 should therefore be read as
though modified to effectuate the
application of that regulation to
administrative wage garnishment
proceedings conducted by, or on behalf
of, the U.S. Postal Service.
Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Legal Policy & Legislative Advice.
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[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 22786-22787]
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[FR Doc No: 2014-09295]
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 492
Collection of Delinquent Non-Tax Debts by Administrative Wage
Garnishment
AGENCY: Postal Service.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The United States Postal Service proposes to add a provision
to its regulations in order to implement the administrative wage
garnishment (AWG) provisions of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of
1996 (DCIA), and to allow the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS) of the
United States Treasury to collect debts owed to the Postal Service,
that the Postal Service refers to BFS for collection, by AWG.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 23, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written comments to Ruth Stevenson, U.S.
Postal Service, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Room 6416, Washington, DC
20260-1150. You may inspect and photocopy all written comments at USPS
Headquarters Library, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW., 11th Floor North,
Washington, DC, by appointment only between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4
p.m., Monday through Friday. Call 1-202-268-2906 in advance for an
appointment. Email comments, containing the name and address of the
commenter, may be sent to: awgcomments@ usps.gov. Faxed comments are
not accepted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Stevenson at (202) 268-6724.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: After providing debtors with the requisite
opportunity for notice and review, the Postal Service currently may
refer non-tax delinquent debts to the United States Treasury Bureau of
the Fiscal Service (BFS), formerly the Financial Management Service
(FMS), for centralized collection and/or offset. Among other potential
collection tools, BFS may utilize Administrative Wage Garnishment (AWG)
to collect delinquent debts referred to it by federal agencies. AWG
allows a federal entity to enforce collection of a debt by garnishing
wages the debtor receives from a non-federal (private) employer after
affording the debtor with notice and certain administrative
proceedings, including the right to a hearing.
Provisions of the DCIA, codified at 31 U.S.C. 3720D, authorize
Federal agencies to collect non-tax debt owed to the United States by
AWG. The Treasury has also issued an implementing regulation at 31 CFR
285.11. However, before BFS may utilize AWG to collect debts that the
Postal Service refers to it, the Postal Service must first implement
regulations authorizing the collection of non-tax delinquent debt by
AWG. The Postal Service accordingly proposes to add new part 492,
containing Sec. 492.1, to title 39 of the Code of Federal
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Regulations in order to authorize collection of Postal debts by AWG.
The regulation proposed by the Postal Service provides that the
Treasury regulation, 31 CFR 285.11, shall apply to AWG proceedings
conducted by, or on behalf of, the Postal Service. Section 285.11
includes procedural protections, including notice requirements and
hearing procedures, to allow individuals to contest the existence or
amount of the debt and/or to assert that collection by garnishment
would present an undue hardship prior to collection by AWG. BFS will
pursue AWG on behalf of the Postal Service as part of its normal debt
collection process. This includes issuing notices to debtors and
garnishment orders to employers, as well as conducting required
administrative hearings on behalf of the Postal Service, in accordance
with the procedures contained in 31 CFR 285.11.
AWG, which involves the garnishment of wages a debtor receives from
a private employer, is a separate procedure from administrative salary
offsets taken from current federal employees' salaries (including
Postal employees' salaries) in order to satisfy a debt owed to the
United States. See 5 U.S.C. 5514; 39 CFR part 961. It is also a
distinct procedure from the garnishment of current Postal Service
employee and Postal Service Rate employee salaries, as detailed in 39
CFR part 491. Accordingly, the procedures contained in these provisions
are not affected by this rule. In addition, the provisions pertaining
to administrative offset contained in 39 CFR part 966 are not affected
by this rule. As noted, the Postal Service must afford individuals with
notice and an opportunity for review prior to referring a debt to the
Treasury for collection and/or administrative offset, in accordance
with ELM 470-480 and/or 39 CFR part 966, if applicable. Treasury may
then determine to pursue collection of the debt by AWG, after providing
the debtor with any additional process or procedures required by 31 CFR
285.11.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 492
Administrative practice and procedure, Claims, Wages.
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For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Postal Service proposes to
add 39 CFR part 492 as set forth below:
PART 492--ADMINISTRATIVE WAGE GARNISHMENT FROM NON-POSTAL SOURCES
Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3720D; 39 U.S.C. 204, 401, 2601; 31 CFR
285.11.
Sec. 492.1 Collection of delinquent non-tax debts by administrative
wage garnishment.
(a) This section provides procedures for the Postal Service to
collect money from a debtor's disposable pay by means of administrative
wage garnishment, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3720D and 31 CFR 285.11,
to satisfy delinquent nontax debt owed to the United States.
(b) The Postal Service authorizes the United States Treasury Bureau
of the Fiscal Service or its successor entity to collect debts by
administrative wage garnishment, and conduct administrative wage
garnishment hearings, on behalf of the Postal Service in accordance
with the requirements of 31 U.S.C. 3720D and the procedures contained
in 31 CFR 285.11.
(c) The Postal Service adopts the provisions of 31 CFR 285.11 in
their entirety. The provisions of 31 CFR 285.11 should therefore be
read as though modified to effectuate the application of that
regulation to administrative wage garnishment proceedings conducted by,
or on behalf of, the U.S. Postal Service.
Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Legal Policy & Legislative Advice.
[FR Doc. 2014-09295 Filed 4-23-14; 8:45 am]
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